title: Effects of a novel anti-inflammatory retinoid-like 2,4,6,8-nonatetraenoic acid on the immunological changes associated with adjuvant-induced arthritis.
abstract: Proliferative responses to the T-cell mitogen, Con A, were markedly suppressed in spleen cells isolated from rats 12-16 days following induction of adjuvant-induced arthritis (AA). These responses were only partially restored following removal of plastic-adherent cells (AC-depleted). Prophylactic treatment of AA rats with a novel anti-inflammatory retinoid-like 2,4,6,8-nonatetraenoic acid, Ro 23-6457, increased mitogen-induced proliferative responses in spleen cells, particularly in AC-depleted cultures. Treatment of AA rats with Ro 23-6457 significantly increased Con A-induced IL-2 production by both unseparated and AC-depleted spleen cells. Although exogenous IL-2 did not restore proliferative responses to Con A-stimulated spleen cells from vehicle-treated AA rats, responses in AC-depleted cells from Ro 23-6457-treated AA rats were further enhanced by the addition of IL-2. Following stimulation with LPS, supernatants from cultures of adherent spleen cells isolated from AA rats contained more IL-1 (expressed as units/ml) than cultures from normal rats. Treatment of AA rats with a high dose of Ro 23-6457 normalised IL-1 levels in these cultures. Treatment of normal rats with Ro 23-6457 had no significant effects on any parameter tested. These data suggest that Ro 23-6457's modulation of certain disease-associated alterations in immune function in AA rats may contribute to its anti-inflammatory activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy and Inflammational Research, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, NJ 07110.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hanglow
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bachmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenberger
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Coffey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001169:Arthritis, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2; C061340:Ro 23-6457; D014212:Tretinoin